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Officially Licensed Sex Pistols Merchandise

Sex Pistols Anarchy In The UK Girls T-Shirt

The single was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and reached number 38 on the UK Singles Chart before EMI dropped the group on January 6, 1977, a month after the televised Bill Grundy incident.

The song later appeared on the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

The song's lyrics espouse a nihilistic and violent concept of anarchy. The lyrics mention several political/paramilitary organizations prominent at the time, comparing them to the UK: the MPLA, the UDA, and the IRA.

"Anarchy in the U.K." was number 53 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.

In 2007 the surviving members (not including Glen Matlock) re-recorded "Anarchy in the U.K." for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock because the masters could not be found.

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